The Rumblings of War

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The Rumblings of War

• Comparing the North and the South
• Thoughts of War
• Military Strategy

2
The North Strengths

• The North outnumbers the South with more men
• The North has factories that can produce weapons,
  uniforms and supplies needed for war

3
The North Strengths

• The North has double the number of railroad
  tracks
• The North has the largest navy and almost all the
  arsenals are in the North
• The North is wealthy

4
The South Strengths

• Most military officers are well trained and well
  experienced at war
• Southerners are going to fight harder because
  they well be fighting on Southern soil

5
The South Strengths

• The South has cotton which supplies Northern
  factories
• Cotton is also sold to the England and France,
  the South believes that they will become allies
  and recognize the South as a nation

6
The North and the South Thoughts on War

• Both believe in what they are fighting for is a
  noble cause
• Men from both sides rush to join the army to
  prove their manhood
• War is romanticized

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The North and the South

• Both sides feel that they can win the war
• Actually both sides felt that the war would be
  over in a couple months
• The north and south are split on cultural
  differences and out of loyalty to there regions
• Southerners have been raised in a culture of
  hunting and survival
• Northerners have limited experience in the
  outdoors in comparison to Southerners

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The Industrial Revolution and Warfare

• Firearms
• Revolvers have five shots or more
• Rifles can shoot farther and accurately

9
The Industrial Revolution and Warfare

• Cannons
• Howitzers lob large shells over obstacles
• Rifled cannons fire great distances and are
  accurate

10
Defensive positions

• Trenches protected soldiers from enemy fire
• Foxholes

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Ironclad gunboats

• Naval gunship made with steel sides
• Armed with numerous cannons

12
Northern Strategy The Anaconda Plan

• Union plans were to strangle southern ports from
  selling cotton to foreign countries and buying
  weapons too
• Needed to destroy the Southern will to fight by
  invasion and destruction of will to fight

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Southern StrategyTime and Defense

• Southern forces needed to provide early and
  spectacular victories to show foreign allies
  south capable of winning
• Victories would sap northern ability to continue
  fight